Imagine, if you can, seeing light on the earth, but there are no sun, no moon, or stars. It would have to look something like photos taken on the moon during the Apollo missions – a totally black sky, yet the surface of the moon itself was lighted, even though we must admit that it had no glow as we observe from here on the earth. Instead, it looked a lot like drab cement dust on a Hollywood set, but that is another subject. A lighted world without heavenly lights was the early reality on the earth, according to the Bible, if we believe the Bible, before the fourth day of creation. God created light on the first day, but as yet there were no light producers in the sky until the fourth day. From where did this light come? We surmise that God himself was (and is) the light.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:1–5 (NASB95)
Those who do not believe that the Bible is the inspired and completely true Word of God still cannot comprehend this light and refuse to acknowledge God’s ability to shine into the darkness without the aid of the sun, moon, and stars. (2 Corinthians 4:6) Those who believe in a materialistic universe governed by mechanical laws cannot conceive of a light without a physical source; so, they believe the Genesis creation account is just another religious myth, a fairy tale. Even some Christians who profess to believe the Bible do not believe the Genesis account of creation, thus renouncing the clarion call of the Reformation – Sola Scriptura!
But those of us who believe that God’s Word is literally true, accept that the earth was a lighted world without any physical light source, even though we do not understand how it worked.
We would rather appear foolish in the eyes of men than be guilty of calling God a liar.
May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED.” Romans 3:4 (NASB95)
Since, according to the Bible, it was not until the fourth day that God created the sun, moon, and stars and placed them in the crystalline firmament, the Big Bang theory and its corollary, the heliocentric solar system, are lies.
This places all of us who profess to believe the Bible in a crisis of faith. Do we believe the Bible is an accurate account of creation, or do we feel the need to twist its clear meaning into something that bows the knee to modern cosmological theories? Will we claim that the Bible is true, but Genesis is not scientifically true? If so, our motto should be Sciencia Prima – Science First, above the Scriptures. Will I say that the Bible contains truth without being true? What kind of satanic mischief is that? Will I call God a liar in order to appear to be wise in the world’s eyes? What god do we serve anyway? I formerly did that out of ignorance, but no more. I now boldly declare that God’s Words in the Genesis account of creation are actually true.
Once we do that, we must go back to Genesis to learn more about this sun God created. It is not the nuclear powered behemoth controlling the earth and the wandering stars (planets), threatening at any moment to engulf them in its flames. That is a satanic lie, that puts Helios (Satan) at the center of things, ruling over God’s creation. Rather, the sun is much smaller and fairly local, being situated in the firmament (Genesis 1:14-18). It follows a course over the circular plane earth, as witnessed by the scriptures. (Psalm 19:4-6) Using 
age-old navigation equipment called a sextant that depends on the surface of the earth being level, people estimate the sun to be approximately 30 miles in diameter and about 3000 miles distant, which gives us some idea of the extent and magnitude of the firmament, above which sits God’s throne. Crepuscular sun rays come through clouds at an angle that directs us back to the location of the sun, defying the notion that it is 93 million miles distant. If it were that far away, the rays would be parallel.
The scriptures give us another hint of the nearness and relatively small size of the sun in the following verse.
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God, Revelation 19:17 (NASB95)
Those who are embarrassed when the Bible refutes modern scientific theory will malign me for writing these things, but those who firmly adhere to God’s Word will be grateful. Which are you?
